January 31

Stalingrad, Soviet Union • January 31, 1943 On this date in 1943 Red Army staff officers arrived at German Sixth Army head­quarters in Stalin­grad (present-day Volgo­grad) to discuss sur­render terms for an invading enemy now bereft of ammu­ni­tion, food, effec­tive com­mand, and 150,000 men who belonged to the dead or missing. Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus’…

Stalingrad, Soviet Union · January 31, 1943 On this date in 1943 Red Army staff officers arrived at German Sixth Army head­quarters in Stalin­grad (present-day Volgo­grad) to discuss sur­render terms for an in­vading enemy now bereft of ammu­ni­tion, food, and effec­tive com­mand. Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus’ defen­sive peri­meter had shrunk to 300 yards/­256 meters when he sur­ren­dered…